Hydrology: An Introduction

✍ Scribed by Wilfried Brutsaert

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 617
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Water in its different forms has always been a source of wonder, curiosity and practical concern for humans everywhere. Hydrology - An Introduction presents a coherent introduction to the fundamental principles of hydrology, based on the course that Wilfried Brutsaert has taught at Cornell University for the last thirty years. Hydrologic phenomena are dealt with at spatial and temporal scales at which they occur in nature. The physics and mathematics necessary to describe these phenomena are introduced and developed, and readers will require a working knowledge of calculus and basic fluid mechanics. The book will be invaluable as a textbook for entry-level courses in hydrology directed at advanced seniors and graduate students in physical science and engineering. In addition, the book will be more broadly of interest to professional scientists and engineers in hydrology, environmental science, meteorology, agronomy, geology, climatology, oceanology, glaciology and other earth sciences.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 5
FOREWORD......Page 9
NOTE ON THE TEXT......Page 12
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 13
I. WATER IN THE ATMOSPHERE......Page 33
2 WATER ALOFT: FLUID MECHANICS OF THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE......Page 35
3 PRECIPITATION......Page 91
4 EVAPORATION......Page 129
II. WATER ON THE SURFACE......Page 171
5 WATER ON THE LAND SURFACE: FLUID MECHANICS OF FREE SURFACE FLOW......Page 173
6 OVERLAND FLOW......Page 210
7 STREAMFLOW ROUTING......Page 228
III. WATER BELOW THE SURFACE......Page 259
8 WATER BENEATH THE GROUND: FLUID MECHANICS OF FLOW IN POROUS MATERIALS......Page 261
9 INFILTRATION AND RELATED UNSATURATED FLOWS......Page 319
10 GROUNDWATER OUTFLOW AND BASE FLOW......Page 378
IV. FLOWS AT THE CATCHMENT SCALE IN RESPONSE TO PRECIPITATION......Page 451
11 STREAMFLOW GENERATION: MECHANISMS AND PARAMETERIZATION......Page 453
12 STREAMFLOW RESPONSE AT THE CATCHMENT SCALE......Page 477
13 ELEMENTS OF FREQUENCY ANALYSIS IN HYDROLOGY......Page 521
14 AFTERWORD – A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THEORIES ABOUT THE WATER CIRCULATION ON EARTH......Page 569
APPENDIX SOME USEFUL MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS......Page 602
INDEX......Page 611